It was suspected that the products were intended to be smuggled abroad. During the course of the operation, it was discovered that Dime was continuing his illegal activities from India.

Lodu Dime was convicted by Nepalese authorities following the seizure of wildlife products in Nepal during INTERPOL’s Operation Prey IV in 2013. The seizures included five tiger skins and 114 kg of tiger bones allegedly destined for China. Photo: INTERPOL

“This arrest of an internationally wanted fugitive illustrates how INTERPOL’s NCB network is the backbone of international police cooperation,” said INTERPOL’s Executive Director of Police Services, Tim Morris.

INTERPOL has many projects to enable law enforcement officials to destabilize wildlife criminal’s outfits by giving them access to database and secure communication channels.

INTERPOL’s activities to investigate and disrupt wildlife crime networks operating in Asia, including Operation Prey, fall under its Project Predator.

The project encourages countries to work together to track and eliminate illegal activities and networks that pose a threat to wildlife in the Asiatic region.

According to INTERPOL, wildlife crime, such as poaching and the traffic in illegal ivory can lead to the extinction of a species, the loss of biodiversity, and serious damage to ecosystems that support human life.